News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: NOV 18 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced that Dr. Joel A. Sabean, 69, of Falmouth, Maine, was found guilty today following a two-week jury trial...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Robert Alan Durkee, 58, of Hampton, and Julie Rae Rock, 38, of Newport News, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of distribution of heroin and fentanyl resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - An armed career criminal andmember of the Gangster Disciples has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today hailed the announcement that the Obama administration’s five-year lease sale plan for the Outer Continental Shelf will not permit new leasing off the coast of Alaska. Grijalva signed a letter in May to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urging the administration to withdraw the Arctic from further leasing consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Dr. Joel A. Sabean, 69, of Falmouth, Maine, was found guilty today following a two-week jury trial in U.S. District Court of five counts of tax evasion, 52 counts of drug distribution for other than legitimate purposes, and one count of health care fraud. He was indicted on Oct. 20, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Razak A. Dosunmu, 61, of Washington, D.C, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for offering bribes to a procurement official with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), while negotiating aviation fuel contracts worth over $1 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Thomas Arlan Evans, 55, of Mancelona, Michigan was sentenced today to 210 months (17.5 years) in federal prison for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced. In addition to the prison term, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker imposed a seven-year term of supervised release that will commence once Evans is released from imprisonment. Evans will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: (NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD) George P. Beach II, the Superintendent of the...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the FDA’s decision not to finalize guidance on laboratory developed tests (LDTs). LDTs have been an important area of concern for the committee. The committee has held multiple hearings on LDTs (September 2014, November 2015 ), and has done extensive work to find a bipartisan path forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Thomas Arlan Evans, 55, of Mancelona, Michigan was sentenced today to 210 months (17.5 years) in federal prison for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced. In addition to the prison term, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker imposed a seven-year term of supervised release that will commence once Evans is released from imprisonment. Evans will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Dear Vice President-Elect Pence: I am writing to raise questions about the apparent conflicts of interest of the Vice Chairman of the Presidential Transition Team, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who reportedly has been selected by the President-elect to be his National Security Advisor. Recent news...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The president of a Florida-based financial firm has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in connection with the sale of $179 million in sham loans to a Milwaukee investment company.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Citizens being told to send money for not reporting for jury duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ronald Boersma, 38, of Brewer, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Lake County, Indiana, Sheriff and Portage, Indiana, Mayor Indicted Separately on Public Corruption Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: The former owner of a Miami based retail pharmacy was convicted, following a three-day trial, for his participation in a scheme that involved the fraudulent submission of approximately $700,000 dollars in false billing to Medicare.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the FDA’s decision not to finalize guidance on laboratory developed tests (LDTs). LDTs have been an important area of concern for the committee. The committee has held multiple hearings on LDTs (September 2014, November 2015 ), and has done extensive work to find a bipartisan path forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: William Day (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Marie Joy Tanamor-Steffan, a/k/a Marie Joy Steffan-Tanamor and Marie Joy Acibo Tanamore, age 42, of Baltimore, for wire fraud and false use of a passport in connection with schemes to defraud two retail chains. The indictment was returned on November 16 and unsealed today upon her arrest.
